College students take to the Syracuse University quad to campaign against hunger and homelessness

It will be a chilly night on the Syracuse University quad for college students who plan to hunker down for five hours with cardboard boxes and blankets. They want to create a visual image of hunger and homelessness.

The students are from SU and the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry and they volunteer with the New York Public Interest Research Group, organizers say. They expect maybe a dozen students to participate in the event, which will run from 5 to 10 p.m. today. Students will collect non-perishable food items to donate to the hungry.

The temperature is projected to dip into the 40s and there’s a chance of rain.